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Fixes #505.

What was wrong

saveWithDedupe looked up merge targets with store.list({ type, limit: 100 }). list's default order is importance DESC, updated_at DESC, id, so that window is "the 100 most important rows of this type" — which has nothing to do with "find the row with the same title".

Once a type held more than 100 rows whose importance exceeded the incoming row's, both the incoming row and its same-title row fell outside the window. candidates.find(...) never matched, and the write silently took the create branch: no error, no warning, merge semantics degrading as the library grows. The reporter measured this on a ~2200-row library where one type held 1047 rows (180 of them importance=5): writing the same title twice at importance=3 returned created.

It affects every caller of this path — memory_save, standalone POST /memories, the panel's create, and third-party adapters.

The fix

Added store.activeByTypeAndTitle(type, title), a directed query:

WHERE type = ? AND TRIM(title) = ?
  AND forgotten = 0 AND archived = 0

Two details that matter:

  • TRIM(title) is required. title is stored verbatim (see save(), which writes memory.title as-is), while the comparison in saveWithDedupe is m.title.trim() === String(memory.title).trim(). An exact title = ? match would miss stored titles carrying surrounding whitespace and reproduce the same silent degradation.
  • No LIMIT. Same (type, title) active rows are inherently few; adding a window would reintroduce saveWithDedupe 的候选窗口固定 100 条,库一变大就不再合并(静默降级) #505.

archived/forgotten filters match list()'s defaults, so a merge never lands in an archived or forgotten row.

One branch keeps a type-scoped set

The dream and narrative summary branches key on source (and tags[0]), not title — their dedupe key deliberately excludes the title because it changes with memory.language. Pointing those at same-title candidates would pin them to a permanent miss. They therefore keep a type-scoped candidate set, now unbounded instead of capped at 100 — which is what those branches needed all along, since they must scan the whole type to find the same-source row. Summary volume is bounded by its producers (autoDream / generateNarratives), so unbounded is cheap there.

Tests

test/dedupe-candidate-window.test.js, five cases:

  • window overflow: 120 higher-importance rows in the same type, same title written twice must merge
  • a low-importance same-title row stays findable after being crowded out
  • titles differing only in surrounding whitespace still merge
  • no cross-type merge on identical titles
  • an archived row is not used as a merge target

Verified against pre-fix code: 3 of 5 fail (the two that pass are the negative controls, as intended). With the fix: 5/5 pass. Full suite: 2308 tests, 2307 pass, 1 skipped, 0 fail.

On _mergeInto

Kept as-is. It is what lets the reporter's bridge work around this on its own write path, and it now has a passing regression test guarding the merge branch it feeds. Worth documenting explicitly, as they suggest — happy to add that in a follow-up if you want it in the same PR.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • 改进
    • 记忆去重不再受候选记录数量限制,减少相同标题的记忆因排序或数量上限而未能合并的情况。
    • 标题首尾空格不再影响匹配;不同类型及已归档的记忆不会被选作合并对象。
    • 梦境和叙述摘要会在同类型的全部活跃记忆中查找匹配项。

…e same-title rows

`saveWithDedupe` looked up merge targets with
`store.list({ type, limit: 100 })`, whose default order is
`importance DESC, updated_at DESC, id`. That window is "the 100 most
important rows of this type", which has nothing to do with "find the row
with the same title". Once a type held more than 100 rows with importance
above the incoming row's, both the incoming row and its same-title row
fell outside the window, the `find(...)` never matched, and the write
silently took the create branch: no error, no warning, merge semantics
degrading as the library grows. Reported on a 2200-row library where one
type held 1047 rows (180 of them importance=5): writing the same title
twice at importance=3 returned `created`.

Add `store.activeByTypeAndTitle(type, title)` — a directed query on
`type = ? AND TRIM(title) = ?` with the same active-row filter as
`list()`'s defaults (`archived = 0 AND forgotten = 0`). TRIM is required:
`title` is stored verbatim (see `save()`), while the comparison in
`saveWithDedupe` is `m.title.trim()`, so an exact match would miss stored
titles carrying surrounding whitespace and reproduce the same silent
degradation.

The dream and narrative summary branches key on `source` (and `tags[0]`)
rather than title — their dedupe key deliberately excludes the title
because it changes with `memory.language`. Pointing those at same-title
candidates would pin them to a permanent miss, so they keep a
type-scoped candidate set; it is now unbounded instead of capped at 100,
which is what those branches needed all along (they must scan the whole
type to find the same-source row).

Tests in test/dedupe-candidate-window.test.js reproduce the window
overflow, and fail 3/5 on the pre-fix code.

Signed-off-by: modusensus <guanqishi26@gmail.com>
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📝 Walkthrough

本次变更新增按类型和标题查询活跃记忆的存储方法,并将其用于普通记忆去重。dream 和 narrative 摘要改为在该类型的全部活跃记忆中匹配来源或标签。新增测试覆盖候选数量、标题空白、类型和归档状态。

Changes: 记忆去重候选

Layer / File(s) Summary
新增活跃记忆定向查询
dsh-mneme/lib/store.js, dsh-mneme/src/store.js
新增 activeByTypeAndTitle(type, title)。查询按类型和去除首尾空白后的标题匹配,排除已遗忘或已归档记录,不设结果数量上限,并将方法加入存储接口。
接入去重候选查询和回归测试
dsh-mneme/lib/service.js, dsh-mneme/src/service.js, dsh-mneme/test/dedupe-candidate-window.test.js
普通记忆改为按类型和标题获取活跃候选。dream 摘要按来源匹配,narrative 摘要按主题标签匹配;两者保留标题回退逻辑。测试覆盖超过 100 条候选、标题首尾空白、不同类型和已归档记录。

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related issues

Suggested reviewers: anans-amarre

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to c7122

Some same-title memories can still be silently duplicated, and writes become more costly as a memory type grows. Align title normalization before merging; add the matching index to keep the new lookup efficient.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 3 · Failed 2

Failed Failed checks: 2 warnings

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check Warning [#505] 的核心窗口问题已修复。普通去重改用无 LIMIT 的 type + TRIM(title) 活跃记录查询。新增测试覆盖窗口溢出、低重要度记录、标题空白、跨类型和归档记录。可是 #505 的去重键是 (type, title, scope)。提交的查询和测试未显示 agent_scope、workspace_scope、sensitivity 的匹配条件。相同标… 使定向候选查询或其最终匹配逻辑同时匹配规范化的 agent_scope、workspace_scope 和 sensitivity,并增加不同作用域同标题的回归测试。若将 #505 的文档要求纳入本 PR,请补充 _mergeInto 的行为说明。
Docstring Coverage Warning Docstring coverage is 41.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 12 functions across 5 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Passed Passed checks: 3 passed
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Description Check Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check Passed 标题准确概括了主要修复内容:去重候选不应使用按重要度排序的类型前 100 条记录,而应匹配相同标题的记录。标题具体、简洁,并与变更范围一致。
Out of Scope Changes check Passed 变更集中在 saveWithDedupe 的候选查询、activeByTypeAndTitle 存储接口、summary 分支的无界类型候选集,以及对应的回归测试。这些变更直接支持 #505。未见与该问题无关的功能改动。
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Explanation

[#505] 的核心窗口问题已修复。普通去重改用无 LIMIT 的 type + TRIM(title) 活跃记录查询。新增测试覆盖窗口溢出、低重要度记录、标题空白、跨类型和归档记录。可是 #505 的去重键是 (type, title, scope)。提交的查询和测试未显示 agent_scope、workspace_scope、sensitivity 的匹配条件。相同标题但不同作用域的记录可能进入同一候选集。_mergeInto 保持不变,但要求的行为文档未在本 PR 中加入。

Resolution

使定向候选查询或其最终匹配逻辑同时匹配规范化的 agent_scope、workspace_scope 和 sensitivity,并增加不同作用域同标题的回归测试。若将 #505 的文档要求纳入本 PR,请补充 _mergeInto 的行为说明。

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Review comments at @dsh-mneme/src/store.js:
- Line 1666: 更新 `saveWithDedupe` 中按标题查重的 SQL,使查询键与 JavaScript `trim()`
使用一致的归一化规则,确保标题开头或结尾的制表符、换行符及不间断空格也会被忽略;补充这些非普通空格的回归用例,验证不会创建重复记忆。
- Around line 1665-1667: 为 activeByTypeAndTitle 使用的查询添加覆盖活跃记忆的部分表达式索引,索引键包含 type
和 TRIM(title),并限定 forgotten 与 archived 均为 0;将索引定义放在现有 memories
索引的初始化位置,确保与查询条件匹配。

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Comment thread dsh-mneme/src/store.js
Comment on lines +1665 to +1667
`SELECT ${memoryColumnList} FROM memories
WHERE type = ? AND TRIM(title) = ?
AND forgotten = 0 AND archived = 0`

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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rg -n 'idx_memories|CREATE INDEX|activeByTypeAndTitle|saveWithDedupe|TRIM\(title\)' dsh-mneme/src/store.js dsh-mneme/src/service.js

Repository: slow-stack/mneme

Length of output: 5508


🏁 Script executed:

set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant store schema and query ---'
nl -ba dsh-mneme/src/store.js | sed -n '1,60p;1638,1680p;3360,3395p'
printf '%s\n' '--- saveWithDedupe complete relevant blocks ---'
nl -ba dsh-mneme/src/service.js | sed -n '1330,1435p'
printf '%s\n' '--- package/runtime/database declarations ---'
rg -n -F --glob 'dsh-mneme/package.json' -e 'better-sqlite3' -e 'sqlite' -e 'engines' dsh-mneme/package.json
rg -n -F --glob 'dsh-mneme/src/**' -e 'PRAGMA' -e 'memories (' -e 'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS memories' -e 'INSERT INTO memories' dsh-mneme/src
printf '%s\n' '--- sizing and benchmark references ---'
rg -n -i --glob 'dsh-mneme/**' -e '100,000|100000|10,000|10000|million|large dataset|scale|benchmark|memories.*count|count.*memories|limit: 100' dsh-mneme/docs dsh-mneme/README.md dsh-mneme/src dsh-mneme/test 2>/dev/null || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- standalone SQLite query plans ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
import sqlite3
con = sqlite3.connect(':memory:')
con.executescript('''
CREATE TABLE memories (
  id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
  type TEXT NOT NULL,
  title TEXT,
  forgotten INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  archived INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
);
CREATE INDEX idx_memories_type ON memories(type);
''')
for sql, label in [
    ("EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN SELECT id FROM memories WHERE type = 'x' AND TRIM(title) = 'same' AND forgotten = 0 AND archived = 0", "current indexes"),
]:
    print(label)
    print(con.execute(sql).fetchall())
con.execute("CREATE INDEX idx_memories_active_type_trim_title ON memories(type, TRIM(title)) WHERE forgotten = 0 AND archived = 0")
sql = "EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN SELECT id FROM memories WHERE type = 'x' AND TRIM(title) = 'same' AND forgotten = 0 AND archived = 0"
print("matching partial expression index")
print(con.execute(sql).fetchall())
con.execute("DROP INDEX idx_memories_active_type_trim_title")
con.execute("CREATE INDEX idx_memories_type_trim_title ON memories(type, TRIM(title))")
print("matching non-partial expression index")
print(con.execute(sql).fetchall())
PY

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printf '%s\n' '--- package and runtime files ---'
find dsh-mneme -maxdepth 2 -type f \( -name 'package.json' -o -name 'package-lock.json' -o -name 'pnpm-lock.yaml' \) -print
for f in dsh-mneme/package.json dsh-mneme/package-lock.json dsh-mneme/pnpm-lock.yaml; do
  if test -f "$f"; then
    printf '%s\n' "--- $f ---"
    rg -n -i -e 'sqlite|engines|node' "$f" || true
  fi
done
printf '%s\n' '--- source sizing and query-plan evidence ---'
rg -n -i --glob 'dsh-mneme/**' -e '1047' -e '5k' -e '5000' -e '5,000' -e 'benchmark' -e 'scale' -e 'limit: 100' -e 'CREATE INDEX' dsh-mneme/src dsh-mneme/test dsh-mneme/docs dsh-mneme/README.md 2>/dev/null || true
printf '%s\n' '--- SQLite query plans ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
import sqlite3
print("sqlite_version", sqlite3.sqlite_version)
con = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
con.executescript("""
CREATE TABLE memories (
  id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
  type TEXT NOT NULL,
  title TEXT NOT NULL,
  content TEXT NOT NULL,
  tags TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '[]',
  importance INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 3,
  forgotten INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  archived INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
  created_at TEXT NOT NULL,
  updated_at TEXT NOT NULL
);
CREATE INDEX idx_memories_type ON memories(type);
""")
q = """EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN
SELECT id, type, title, content, tags, importance, forgotten, archived, created_at, updated_at
FROM memories
WHERE type = ? AND TRIM(title) = ? AND forgotten = 0 AND archived = 0"""
print("current", con.execute(q, ("x", "same")).fetchall())
con.execute("""CREATE INDEX idx_memories_active_type_trim_title
ON memories(type, TRIM(title))
WHERE forgotten = 0 AND archived = 0""")
print("partial_expression", con.execute(q, ("x", "same")).fetchall())
con.execute("DROP INDEX idx_memories_active_type_trim_title")
con.execute("CREATE INDEX idx_memories_type_trim_title ON memories(type, TRIM(title))")
print("nonpartial_expression", con.execute(q, ("x", "same")).fetchall())
PY

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为定向查询建立匹配索引。

saveWithDedupe 的每次普通写入都会调用 activeByTypeAndTitle。当前查询只能按 type 定位,再扫描该类型的行并计算 TRIM(title)。同一类型的记忆增长时,写入成本会随之增长。

请添加覆盖活跃行的部分表达式索引:

建议的索引
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_memories_type ON memories(type);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_memories_active_type_trim_title
+  ON memories(type, TRIM(title))
+  WHERE forgotten = 0 AND archived = 0;
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Context: SELECT ${memoryColumnList} FROM memories WHERE type = ? AND TRIM(title) = ? AND forgotten = 0 AND archived = 0
Note: [CWE-89] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection'). Security best practice.

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Review comment at @dsh-mneme/src/store.js around lines 1665 - 1667:
为 activeByTypeAndTitle 使用的查询添加覆盖活跃记忆的部分表达式索引,索引键包含 type 和 TRIM(title),并限定
forgotten 与 archived 均为 0;将索引定义放在现有 memories 索引的初始化位置,确保与查询条件匹配。

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function activeByTypeAndTitle(type, title) {
const rows = db.prepare(
`SELECT ${memoryColumnList} FROM memories
WHERE type = ? AND TRIM(title) = ?

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

统一 SQL 查询与服务层的标题归一化。

如果已有标题以制表符、换行符或不间断空格开头,TRIM(title) 不会将其移除,但 saveWithDedupe 使用的 JavaScript trim() 会移除。新查询因此找不到原本符合去重条件的行,后续写入会静默创建重复记忆。请让查询键与服务层使用同一归一化规则,并补充非普通空格的回归用例。(sqlite.org)

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[warning] 1665-1667: Avoid SQL injections
Context: SELECT ${memoryColumnList} FROM memories WHERE type = ? AND TRIM(title) = ? AND forgotten = 0 AND archived = 0
Note: [CWE-89] Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection'). Security best practice.

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Review comment at @dsh-mneme/src/store.js at line 1666:
更新 `saveWithDedupe` 中按标题查重的 SQL,使查询键与 JavaScript `trim()`
使用一致的归一化规则,确保标题开头或结尾的制表符、换行符及不间断空格也会被忽略;补充这些非普通空格的回归用例,验证不会创建重复记忆。

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